Until recently, competition law issues in outsourcing
projects were very much on the periphery. That may no longer be
the case as the European Commission now tells us that the EU
Merger Regulation can apply to outsourcing deals

The recent Court of Appeal decision in Regus (UK) Ltd v
Epcot Solutions Ltd considered the enforceability of an
exclusion clause which purported to exclude liability for
financial losses in a supplier's standard terms of
business.